The Value of Summer Sale Mystery Cards

[Gnomenclature]

Hey folks,

I’ve been on Steam for quite a while, but this year I’ve encountered these Summer Sale mystery cards for the first time. I know they’re used for crafting badges, but I’m a bit lost on what else they might be good for.

Are these mystery cards worth more XP when crafting badges compared to the regular trading cards? Are there any unique benefits or incentives to collecting and crafting these particular cards during the sale? The only thing I've found is you don't get the random coupons with crafting these badges.

Any insights or tips from those who are familiar with these would be really helpful!

Thanks a lot!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The Mysterious cards start dropping 1 week before the sales event begins instead of coupons.

They turn into the sales event trading cards when the sale goes live.

They can not be crafted until the sale begins.

Summer sale begins on June 27th at 10AM Pacific Time.

Steam Summer Sale: June 27 - July 11 (major seasonal sale)

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/3970553774441642999

Crafting badge now through the end of the sales event will drop the sales event cards.

The cards expire 1 month after the sales event ends. Even after they expire, if you have a full set to craft, you can craft it at any time after the event.

[Qbert ⭐]

Darn... I havent hoarded enough this time... The cards are dropping already?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Qbert ⭐:

Darn... I havent hoarded enough this time... The cards are dropping already?

As of 11 hours 42 minutes ago, yeah.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4333106230734603924/#c4343239957177202827

[Gnomenclature]

Thank you, so is there a benefit to crafting the badges now as opposed to when the sale starts? I have a few cards and figure I might as well start crafting the badges now. Is the XP still the same between crafting now and during the sale?

[Qbert ⭐]

Originally posted by Lord Cheek Buster:

Thank you, so is there a benefit to crafting the badges now as opposed to when the sale starts? I have a few cards and figure I might as well start crafting the badges now. Is the XP still the same between crafting now and during the sale?

Yes, you gain the same ammount by crafting the event badge, the good reason to do it it's because you can go over lvl 5 to get some levels.

[metamec]

Maybe my memory is faulty, but I don't think I received coupons when crafting cards during the last two sales.

[Gnomenclature]

I appreciate the responses. I just realized these are the seasonal badges that I can use steam points to craft as well, so there might not be that much incentive since I'm sitting on enough for the max badge at the moment. Thanks again for the help!

Cheers

[Red Shift]

Originally posted by Lord Cheek Buster:

I appreciate the responses. I just realized these are the seasonal badges that I can use steam points to craft as well, so there might not be that much incentive since I'm sitting on enough for the max badge at the moment. Thanks again for the help!

Cheers :cupup:

Afraid not - they're two separate badges. For comparison, here are last Winters versions.

https://www.steamcardexchange.net/index.php?gamepage-appid-2640280
https://www.steamcardexchange.net/index.php?gamepage-appid-2750340

The mysterious cards will become event cards when the sale starts. Crafting those will give the badge and XP, as well as a background and emoticon. The points badge will just be the badge and XP.

[Gnomenclature]

The more you know. This clears it up quite a bit for me. I hope this is as helpful to some others out there too, I really appreciate the explanation! Looks like I'll be doing both to get the backgrounds and emoticons